kiki
kiki is an obscure content word relating to sharp and pointy objects.
Pronunciation | /ˈki |
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Usage | 2023: Obscure4 (29% , Uncommon6↗︎ ) Most speakers don't use this word.2022: Uncommon (21%) |
Book and era | nimi ku lili (post-pu) |
Part of speech | Content word |
Etymology Edit
The word kiki is derived from a nonsense word created for the 2001 psychological study by V. S. Ramachandran and Edward Hubbard on sound symbolism, named the bouba/kiki effect.[1] The word in Toki Pona was coined by akesi kon Nalasuni in 2020.[2][3]
Semantic space Edit
The semantic space of kiki includes sharp and pointy objects.
ku Edit
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as kiki:[4]
spiky2
, sharp1 , angle½ , point½
sitelen pona Edit
The most common sitelen pona glyph for kiki (kiki) is a closed, jagged starburst shape. Like the glyphs for jaki and ko, it can be drawn flexibly as any spiky shape like a many-pointed star.
Other glyphs for kiki variations include a pentagon (kiki2) or triangle (kiki3) with pinched corners, and two concentric triangles (kiki4), inspired by the glyphs for sike and leko.
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Starburst kiki
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2-triangle kiki
References Edit
- ↑ Ramachandran, V.S. & Hubbard, E.M. (2001). "Synaesthesia: A window into perception, thought and language" (PDF). Journal of Consciousness Studies. 8 (12): 3–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ↑ akesi kon Nalasuni [@nalathnidragon]. (13 September 2020). [Message posted in the
#sona-musi
channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 28 January 2024. "has anyone proposed "kiki" to mean "a spiky shape" yet". - ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 24.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 248.
Further reading Edit
- "kiki" on lipu Linku